A man in Greece purchased a game boy in a library, found that the console, never discarded, is worth thousands of euros. He has not revealed how much he paid it, nor if he intends to sell it.
Kleonas Sephirotakis He passes in front of the showcase of a library, then stops to look better. The eyes are focused on a Original game boy still sealed. Enter the shop and buy it, then on the Facebook group Loot of the day Publish a photo of the device. The Nintendo console, launched in 1989, remained intact in its original packaging, for this reason according to experts it could reach a value of 8,000 euros.
Sephirotakis did not reveal how much the console purchased in the Greek library paid, nor if he intends to sell it, he only posted the photo on the Facebook group attracting enthusiastic comments and estimates on the possible price of the Game Boy still sealed.
Because a game boy has come to cost 8,000 euros
Shops often retain products out of catalog ignore the current value. Most likely the owner of the library sold the game boy at a lower price than the market. Several factors made the figure rise. The first is time, in the world of collecting is a variable that makes prices go down and climb on the basis of often unpredictable rules, not only, the game boy is also out of production so more difficult to find.
Finally there is the state of conservation, ensured by the box never open. If the console had even been pulled out of the package, or on only once, he would have lost part of the value. For the same reason, even Sephirotakis, if he wants to keep the value He will have to leave the phone packed.
It is not the first case. Tech devices were often beaten with swollen values compared to the original purchase price. A first generation iPhone never discarded in 2023 was auctioned for 63,356.40 dollars, So 100 times its original price (between 499 and 599 dollars). The same year always an Apple smartphone from 2007 still packed had been beaten auction a 39,339 dollars and 60 centsInstead the Apple Macintosh Powerbook170 of 1991, now on eBay exceeds 6,000 dollars.
